It really depends.
If you are each earning around $25,000 a year and have no dependents, then getting married is not going to affect you one way or the other.
If one of you have a dependent and the other does not, then you may end up slightly in a worse position as then for 2024 the one with the dependent would have a federal standard deduction of $21,400 while the other one would have a standard deduction of $14,600. So you would be in a slightly worse position.
If one of you earn $10,000 and the other earns $25,000, then you would be in a better position as you would have a standard deduction of $29,200 which means your taxable income would be $5,800. In this case you would make out better.
Overall, there is not a giant tax break for married couples. You are basically combining your income and combining your standard deduction. You do not get extra credits or deductions for just being married.
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